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Edith's Streets

This blog records notes about London (and Greater London) streets - what the buildings are, what the background is. These pages have been compiled over many years and from many sources - its not intended to copy from other people's work.Each post represents a square on the Ordnance Survey grid -and the vast majority of information is culled from map based source material - Ordnance Survey, A/Z, etc.

On some inner city squares only a quarter of each square is done because of the volume of material involved

Please add your comments and corrections - I am sure there are lots of mistakes - and my idea is to build up a correct record interactively

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Sheredes Primary School. A large primary school at the back
of the Sheredes School site. This may be on the site of field called Spital
Grove - and the Spital Stream runs north of the site between it and the
Secondary School.

Crabtree Plantation

Cock Lane

Roman finds - pottery, coins and a grinding stone now in the
Hoddesdon Museum.

Woodlands Estate – in the 19th the southern part
of the site of Sheredes School was part of the Woodlands Estate of John Warner
although the house was to the north. Warner had a garden much of which was
designed by James Pulham which included many follies as well as fountains and
pools. This included the wall of a ruined church. The estate was sold in the
1920s to the Braithwaite family who redeveloped it

Built on the site of a High Street house called Harpes by
developer, Hayward, in the 1930s.

High Street

Westcroft Court flats. These are on the site of Spitalbrook
Farmhouse owned in the early 20th by the Frogleys, who started
Nazeing Airfield. It was later earlier owned by Van Hage bulb growers who had a
miniature windmill on site, removed when they left.

55 Bridge House. Modern offices on the site of a The Boys School. This was founded in 1667 by Sir Richard Lucy.66 Hawkenbury also called The Cedars. 17th red
brick building now used as shops.

74 The Bull. Dates from before 1520s and was busy when used
by coaches. In the 18th owned by the Monson family and in the 19th
by Christie, local brewers. Current building is 1972 rebuilt by McMullen
brewers.

76 -78 16th timber frame with 19th
front. Once this was an inn.

80- 82 two 19th houses with painted stucco

83 18th building in red brick

85 Acacia Cottage. 19th house roughcast
on yellow stock brick.

87 Dame Laetitia Monson’s Almshouses. Built in 1728 on the
Town Orchard for poor widows of the parish. Red
brick with old tile roof, with a parapet. Over the central window is a plaster
plaque with an inscription

95 White Bear, at one time called Anne of Cleves.

97 -99 Mustard Pot. 17th timber framed building restored
in the 1980s, using modern pargetted cement

St. John’s Parade of shops built in 1930s by estate agent
Mr. St. John.

Grammar School. In 1560, under a Charter from Elizabeth a
School was opened in the old leper hospital building. It had closed before
1600.

Mill Lane

United Reform Church

Monson Road

On the site of 18th Manor Farm

New Road

Originally a footpath from Spitalbrook Farm it was developed
as a route to the Station, and for a while called Station Road,

Park Lane

3- 9 17th timber frame, red brick
cottages

8 Park Lane Car Centre. On the site of the village hall, previously the hall was used as the first factory for Broxlea Products founded by Mr. Izzard in 1946.East Lodge. Lodge to Broxbournebury. Built in 1800
and later extended,

Housing on the site of Cardinal Bourne School

Cirkit were a computer peripherals company based in a 1960s
office block built for Broxlea Products on the site of what is now flats and the Park Lane Surgery. There was a considerable area of factory space to the rear.

Sheredes Drive

Sheredes House was built in 1929 for John Braithwaite, a
Quaker stockbroker, who had bought the Woodlands Estate. It incorporated some
of the follies and features of Warner’s gardens. The gardens were on three
levels covering sixty acres, surrounded by three miles of hedges. The house
itself had ten bedrooms and five bathrooms. The house was demolished in the
1960s following compulsory purchase

Spitalbrook

This area, now on the High Road, is at the point where the
Spital Brook crosses the main road. It is named from a hospital which stood on
the eastern side of the road north of this river crossing. This hospital is
first noted in 1390, and it appears to have been a leper house, or an
almshouse.

Station Road

This used to be Pound Lane

The Avenue

Gothic cottages built by the John Warner as part of his gardens.
Demolished 1960’s, despite protests.

Warners Avenue

Named for John Warner, whose Woodlands Estate stretched from
the High Street to this point.